A/N: This chapter gets VERY romance-y and such, you've been warned.

Bites, Fights, and Lovely Ladies

Ch. 16

"Why aren't you sparkling?"

"Why should I?" Jazz snapped at him. "I'm not wet and I'm not wearing that glitter make-up that girls love so much, so I'm sorry that I'm not a fairy or anything." As she thought of what she said she began regretting it instantly, she didn't even know why she had gotten offended. She could feel another memory returning, a negative one, and it must have been what had triggered her break.

"I'm sorry" She mumbled, crossed her arms, and looked down at her feet. She didn't want to screw things up with Jacob, he was the perfect guy (in her opinion) and if he hated her she wouldn't be able to stand it.

"That's not what I meant" Jacob said and she looked up. "I meant that Vampires' skins sparkle, almost glitter, in the sunlight. That's why the Cullens live in Forks, because the sun doesn't shine often. But… But you aren't sparkling. The sun is on you right now and you aren't so much as slightly shining."

He looked Jazz up and down and continued, "In fact… your skin even has a bit of a shade to it…"

Jazz looked confused, "Vampires don't cast shadows?"

Jacob laughed briefly, "No, I mean that you have a bit of the lightest hint of a tan color to your skin…" He walked forward and cupped her face, and he tilted it to the side so that her cheek was right under his eyes.

Seth stepped forward, "Maybe that's her gift, to be able to go out into the sunlight without exposing herself as a Vampire!"

Jacob stared at her skin for a while then started rubbing it with his thumbs. After a few seconds he started laughing and both Jazz and Seth looked up at him like he was crazy.

"Jacob…" Jazz started, wary of his actions, "…Is everything all right?"

He continued laughing, but lowered it until it was just a chuckle. "I never realized this Jazz, but even though it rains a lot here, you haven't actually gotten very wet have you?"

She thought back a bit, and then shook her head, "No, I guess not. I've been relatively dry."

Jacob chuckled again. "What is it?" Seth asked him.

Jacob finally answered, "I don't think it's a gift that she isn't sparkling… She's covered in dirt! It's just packed onto her skin like another layer!"

He dropped his hand from her face and grabbed her right hand, holding it up so that Seth could see. Jacob licked his thumb and rubbed a spot near her elbow, and sure enough, the skin where he was rubbing became a bit paler and started to shine, then glint, and then finally sparkle in the afternoon sun.

Jazz and Seth watched him in wonder before Jazz said, "Oh! Oh! Draw something!" Jacob and Seth looked at her with that what-on-earth-are-you-talking-about look, and Jazz quickly added, "Well, it'll be hard to explain it to someone if there's just a random streak there, but if you draw something, like a star or the sun or something then I can say it's a temporary tattoo or something."

Both of the guys nodded and Jacob thought for a moment or two about what he should draw, then he re-licked his thumb and started adding a curve to his streak, then rounded one side, added a point, did a once-over over it and looked back at his work, impressed that he was able to draw something. Art wasn't his strong point.

Jazz grinned broadly and her teeth sparkled at the 2 inch heart right beneath her elbow and Seth made gagging noised. "Seriously Jake? A heart? Dude I didn't know you were becoming all emotional and stuff! Please don't get all romantic and shit around me okay? Wait… are you and her like… a thing?"

At the confused looks he corrected, "I mean like… like a couple or something?" Jacob grinned broadly and nodded a few times, but his smile disappeared as Seth's face scrunched up and he looked almost angry.

"Seth? Bro, what's wrong?"

"Quil owes me ten bucks" He said in monotone and stormed off to Quil while Jazz and Jacob laughed.

Even after they stopped laughing, Jazz couldn't keep the ear-to-ear grin off her face that Jacob had called them a 'couple'. Seth had left and now Jacob and Jazz were by themselves on the shoreline, everyone else was back up and far enough away that they couldn't hear them.

Jacob looked down at Jazz's hand, which he was holding palm up, and past it he could see her bare feet, she'd left her sneakers a while ago so as to not get sand in them. She had been wading in the low water that would swell up to her ankles before retreating. Her feet were cleaned of dirt and glistened on the side.

It was when he saw her foot's shadow that he realized that they had been out longer then he thought; the sun was lowering. It wasn't low enough for the sky to be orange, but with the clouds moving in it gave the sky a pinkish tone to it.

He turned his attention back to her hand; it had a bit more dirt caked on it then her arm, and was almost a light tan.

He looked up and saw her just watching him, a curious expression on her face and a small smile still stuck on her lips, which of course, caught his attention and held his eyes there.

Jacob moved his right hand and gently placed it on her side, right below her rib cage, and slowly slid it behind her until he could feel the ridges of her spine through her cotton shirt, all the while slowly pulling her closer until their chests were literally an inch away from each other.

His left hand, which had been holding her right up, slid up her arm to her shoulder, then traced her collar bone up towards her neck and finally rested there, underneath her jaw, and his thumb lightly rubbed the corner of her mouth. She, meanwhile, rubbed his bicep with her right hand and with her left hand she threaded her fingers through the hair on the back of his neck.

After a few moments of just standing like this Jacob finally leaned down, took her lips, and pulled her against himself. He pushed the two of them together, knowing she didn't need to breath and wouldn't get hurt by it. Having someone unbreakable as a girlfriend was just awesome.

His right hand grasped the back of her head and he thanked his Wolf-Lungs for being able to hold his breath for long periods of time, but after about 15 minutes he pulled away to catch his breath, but Jazz immediately attacked his neck. Not literally. She 'attacked' as in she sucked the skin before licking it. She trailed her tongue up started suckling his ear. For a few moments wherever she licked would tingle then briefly go numb before warming up then returning to normal.

Jacob had a brief moment where he wondered if it was her venom doing this and contemplated if it was dangerous and whether they should stop or not, but the strange sensations just felt so new, exotic, and just plain good!

He moaned and grabbed her hair, forcing her head back to where he could see it, then kissed her again, but with more passion this time. He licked her lips and he tasted the dirt, but it wasn't as bad as he thought it'd be, it tasted rugged and like the earth, and he liked it.

She responded by opening her mouth and licking his tongue with hers. When they came into contact Jacob's mouth started burning, as if he'd eaten hot sauce, but her ice cold tongue soothed the burn and they continued, deepening the kiss, a balance of fire and ice.

"That's just gross…"

"Should we interrupt them?"

"Yes."

"They seem really into it."

"I'm not sure that they'll notice us even if we start hitting them with beavers…"

"I think it's sort of cute"

"She's a Vampire…"

"Hitting them with beavers? Why would we hit them with beavers?"

"There are lots of beavers around here that's why!"

"Yeah Jake! Get some action!"

Finally, with a quiet chuckle, Jazz and Jacob pulled away from each other and faced the pack, and imprints, who were watching with amusement or bickering.

"Ah!" Leah said, "The love birds have finally stopped their make-out session! Welcome back to the world"

She had meant it sarcastically, but both Jake and Jazz were shocked to see that it was already night time and the moon had risen. Embry stepped forward, "We just came to make sure you two hadn't gotten lost, instead we found you lost… in each other!" He said in a corny love-sick voice while putting his hands over his chest and fluttering his eyelashes.

Sam was chuckleing, "Well, we were about to start the bonfires, so come on!" And they all headed back to the absolutely huge piles of wood Paul and Embry had collected, and as Jazz and Jacob were just reaching it, Embry had already poured gasoline over it and lit a match.

And right before he threw the match onto the ticking time bomb he yelled, "…And all the La Push boys and girls were cold, so Embry said: LET THERE BE A HUGE FIRE!"

And there was a huge fire.